Eric Amoako is in his second year as a member of the Wyoming Football coaching staff. He will serve as the Defensive Graduate Assistant for the 2020 season, assisting in coaching the Cowboy defensive backs.
Amoako came to Wyoming from De Anza College, a community college in Cupertino, Calif., where he was an assistant football coach for the 2019 season. His first coaching position out of college was as the defensive backs coach at Juan Seguin High School in Arlington, Texas, for two seasons from 2017 to ‘18.
As a player, Amoako began his college career at the University of Oregon where he was a member of the Ducks’ team for two seasons, 2012 and ‘13. He redshirted his first season at Oregon and then played one season as a redshirt freshman. Oregon won the Fiesta Bowl at the conclusion of the 2012 season and were Alamo Bowl Champions in 2013. Amoako transferred to Houston Baptist University for the 2014 and ‘15 seasons. He was a two-year starter at Houston Baptist as a cornerback and earned All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention honors as a sophomore in 2014. He started all 11 games and ranked third on the team with 60 tackles (52 solo tackles) in 2014. His junior season of 2015, he played in nine of 11 games and notched 31 tackles, including 17 solo tackles. Amoako transferred to the University of Minnesota for the 2016 season as a graduate transfer. He appeared in 12 games for the Golden Gophers. Minnesota went on to win the 2016 Holiday Bowl Championship.
Originally from Arlington, Texas, he was a Class 5A All-Area Second Team selection as a senior at Martin High School in Arlington. He completed his bachelor’s degree in history at Houston Baptist in 2016 and received his master’s degree in education from the University of Minnesota in 2017.